Top surnames from the 1881 census in Inverkeithny, Banffshire

Inverkeithny is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Banffshire

Registration districts were originally created for the registration of births, marriages and deaths, rather than specifically for the census. In many cases, registration districts were broadly equivalent to parishes, but not necessarily so.

Top surnames by total occurrences

Surname Total Frequency Index
REID242.600224.76
WALKER232.49197.44
WILSON212.27524.95
CRAN212.27521,603.05
THOMSON202.166816.22
ANDERSON192.058510.42
MUNROE171.8418680.00
MITCHELL161.73358.55
DUNCAN151.625123.76
STEPHEN151.625192.71
HADDAN141.51687,777.78
SHEARER131.4085109.80
SIMPSON131.40858.05
GAULD121.3001493.83
BRANDY121.30015,714.29
ALLAN121.300120.71
ALEXANDER121.300124.56
SMITH121.30010.92
SIM121.3001115.72
STEWART111.19187.62
WATT111.191831.08
WATSON111.19185.14
GRAY111.19188.35
NICOL101.083452.06
COCKBURN101.083484.89
EDWARD101.0834116.82
HALL101.08343.68
FOWLIE101.0834740.74
CHAPMAN101.08347.63
MILNE90.975121.93
ADAM90.975156.78
HARPER90.975115.23
BURES90.975115,000.00
HUNTER90.97519.49
BARCLAY80.866742.13
URQUHART80.866761.68
MORRISON80.866711.03
COWIE80.866771.43
ROBERTSON80.86675.17
BREMNER80.8667100.88
HIRD70.758498.31
MURRAY70.75846.12
GORDON70.758412.03
CRAIG70.758417.27
WRIGHT70.75842.36
HORN70.758433.38
LOBBAN60.6501560.75
LUMSDEN60.650177.92
ANGUS60.650145.42
MINTY60.6501326.09

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BURES0.9292315000.0000
HADDAN0.929237777.7778
BRANDY0.929235714.2857
CRAN0.929231603.0534
FOWLIE0.92923740.7407
MUNROE0.92923680.0000
BIRNEY0.92923571.4286
LOBBAN0.92923560.7477
GAULD0.92923493.8272
BENZIE0.92923428.5714
MINTY0.92923326.0870
CRAIGEN0.92923217.3913
BANNERMAN0.92923185.1852
FLORANCE0.92923178.5714
DINGWALL0.92923163.9344
BEVERLY0.92923129.8701
LOVIE0.92923119.0476
EDWARD0.92923116.8224
SIM0.92923115.7184
FLORENCE0.92923109.8901
SHEARER0.92923109.7973
AULD0.92923107.9137
INGLES0.92923107.1429
BREMNER0.92923100.8827
HIRD0.9292398.3146
COPLAND0.9292396.7118
FINNIE0.9292393.4579
STEPHEN0.9292392.7070
COCKBURN0.9292384.8896
CONNON0.9292384.0336
DEANS0.9292379.8722
RUSSEL0.9292378.4929
LUMSDEN0.9292377.9221
PIRIE0.9292375.7576
LEDINGHAM0.9292374.0741
COWIE0.9292371.4286
MATHIESON0.9292361.7284
URQUHART0.9292361.6808
DEY0.9292359.5238
ADAM0.9292356.7823
NAPIER0.9292353.9084
NICOL0.9292352.0562
FORDYCE0.9292349.7512
CRUICKSHANK0.9292348.2625
ANGUS0.9292345.4201
LONGMORE0.9292344.2478
SANDISON0.9292343.1034
MORISON0.9292342.4628
BARCLAY0.9292342.1274
FRAZER0.9292341.9580

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 923 people called BURES in Inverkeithny at the time of the 1881 census.

The Frequency column shows the percentage of people in this county or town with this surname. For example, a frequency of 15000.0000 in Inverkeithny means that 15000.0000% of the people in Inverkeithny on census day were called BURES.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BURES in this county or town, compared with the probability of finding them anywhere in Britain as a whole. An index of 1 means that if you pick someone at random from this county or town, you have exactly the same probability of picking someone called BURES as if you picked at random from the whole of the UK. Where the index is higher than 1, then you are more likely to find someone called BURES here than if you picked from the UK as a whole, and where it's lower then you are less likely. The actual figure shows the level of probability - for example, a figure of 2 would indicate that you are twice as likely to find someone called BURES here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.92 in Inverkeithny means that you are 0.92 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BURES in Inverkeithny than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Inverkeithny in 1881

(including typos, unknowns and the ones we don't have any data for!)

ADAM (9)  ALEXANDER (12)  ALLAN (12)  ANDERSON (19)  ANDREW (3)  ANGUS (6)  AULD (6)  BANNERMAN (6)  BARCLAY (8)  BARKER (1)  BARRON (1)  BEATON (4)  BEATTIE (4)  BENZIE (6)  BEAVERLY (7)  BEVERLY (1)  BLACK ((SMITH)) (2)  BRANDY (12)  BRANDERS (2)  BREMNER (8)  WATT (BREMNER) (2)  BRODIE (1)  BROWN (1)  BURES (9)  BURNETT (1)  BIRNEY (2)  BIRNIE (BIRNEY) (6)  CADGER (4)  CHALMERS (2)  CHAPMAN (10)  GALL (CHAPMAN) (2)  CLARK (1)  COBBAN (1)  COCKBURN (10)  CONNON (1)  COOPER (1)  COPLAND (5)  COWIE (8)  CRAIG (7)  CRAIGEN (1)  CRAN (21)  CRICHTON (1)  CRIGHTON (REID) (2)  CRUICKSHANK (5)  DEY (1)  DEANS (5)  DEMPSTER (2)  DINGWALL (6)  DONALDSON (2)  DOWNIE (1)  DUFF (1)  DUGUID (8)  DUNCAN (15)  DYKER (2)  EDWARD (10)  ELLICE (1)  ESSLEMENT (1)  FALCONER (3)  FERGUISON (1)  FINNIE (3)  FLORANCE (1)  FLORENCE (2)  FOWLIE (10)  FORBES (4)  FORDYCE (1)  FRAZER (3)  FRENCH (1)  GARDEN (1)  GAULD (12)  MITCHELL ((GAULD)) (2)  GEDDES (1)  GILLAN (1)  GOODBRAND (6)  GORDON (7)  GRANT (1)  GRANT (MITCHELL) (2)  GRAY (11)  GREIG (1)  HALL (10)  HARPER (9)  HADDAN (14)  HAY (2)  HIRD (7)  HENRY (1)  HORN (7)  HOWETT (MITCHELL) (2)  HOWIE (1)  HUNTER (9)  INGLES (3)  INGLIS (1)  INNES (2)  JAMIESON (5)  KINDNESS (1)  LAMB ((SMITH)) (2)  LARGUE (3)  LOVIE (1)  LEDINGHAM (1)  LEGG (1)  LESLIE (1)  LOBBAN (6)  LOGAN (2)  LONGMORE (1)  LOW (2)  LUMSDEN (6)  LYON (6)  MARTIN (4)  MANSON (1)  MATHIESON (6)  MATHESON (1)  MC COMBIE (4)  MC CONNACHIE (1)  MC DONALD (3)  DONALD (1)  MC GILLIVRAY (6)  MC HARDIE (1)  MC HARDY (1)  HATTIE (1)  MC INTOSH (7)  MC KENZIE (9)  MACKENZIE (1)  RIDDOCH (MC KENZIE) (2)  MC KESSACK (1)  MC LEAN (1)  MC PHERSON (8)  MIDDLETON (1)  MILNE (9)  MILTON (2)  MINTY (6)  MITCHELL (16)  MOIR (2)  MORGAN (3)  MORRISON (8)  MORISON (2)  MUNROE (17)  MUNRO (2)  MURDOCH (1)  MURRAY (7)  MUTCH (1)  MARR (4)  NAPIER (4)  NICOL (10)  NOBLE (1)  PANTON (1)  PATERSON (2)  PIRIE (5)  PIPER (1)  PORTER (5)  MC QUEEN (10)  WINTON (1)  REDFORD (2)  RAE OR RESE (2)  REEPER (1)  READ (5)  REID (24)  WALKER (REID) (2)  RENNIE (5)  RESICK (1)  RITCHIE (1)  ROBERTSON (8)  ROSE (1)  RIDDOCH (4)  RUSSEL (5)  SANDISON (1)  SHEARER (13)  SIMPSON (13)  SIM (12)  SLESSER (6)  SMART (1)  SMITH (12)  SOUTER (2)  SPENCE (4)  STABLES (1)  STEPHEN (15)  STEVENSON (2)  STEWART (11)  STRACHAN (1)  SWANSON (1)  TAYLOR (1)  THOMSON (20)  TOUGH (4)  URQUHART (8)  WALKER (23)  WATSON (11)  WATTIE (1)  WATT (11)  WELLS (5)  WHYTE (2)  WHITE (2)  WILLIAMSON (1)  WILSON (21)  WRIGHT (7)  YOUNGSON (2)